{"id":3330,"date":"2008-03-10T00:20:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/finally.html"},"modified":"2008-03-10T00:20:48","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T00:20:48","slug":"finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/finally.html","title":{"rendered":"Finally&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got to clean off my desk. <em>The Blue Parakeet<\/em> lasted a long time and my desk kept getting messier and messier. Here are some pre- and post- pictures&#8230;<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nPre&#8230;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0030.JPG\" title=\"img_0030.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/03\/img_0030.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"img_0030.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPost&#8230;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/img_0031.JPG\" title=\"img_0031.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/03\/img_0031.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"img_0031.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI must confess a sadness. When a book is finally done, or at least the draft that is sent to the editor and the publisher is done, a melancholy comes over me. Why? Each book becomes a friend because it is a constant companion. It&#8217;s like a colleague who chooses to leave campus to teach at another institution. 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